Located in Lompoc Valley, Santa Barbara County, California , the Children’s Montessori School (CMS) is ideally positioned to serve the Lompoc, Vandenberg Village and Vandenberg Air Force areas. CMS also draws families from the Orcutt/Santa Maria and Buellton/ Santa yanz Valley being the only Association Montessori International (AMI) certified school in north Santa Barbara County.

Established in 1981 in classroom space of the First Presbyterian Church, the Children's Montessori School provides an enriched educational environment for children ages 2 through 15 years.

CMS's preschool classrooms are licensed by the California State Dept. of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. The elementary/junior classroom is registered with the California Department of Education and fulfills all requirements for first through eighth grades. Both classrooms and teachers  are certified by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI).

As a non-profit corporation CMS families raise funds to help keep tuition at an affordable rate, augment classroom materials and projects and support the school's Performing Arts Program that annually produces a Christmas Program and a summer play. The summer play has become a major community event of professional quality lighting, sound, costumes, and choreography that is recorded to produce a DVD of the performance.